Chapter 4

Mrs Smith runs up to them in tears, patting Ace’s head and taking him to care. Mrs Smith rushed to her medical cabinet, searching for bandages to cover the poor creature’s wounds. It took Ace a few days to recover, but James wouldn’t settle yet. He was eager to find the person who had caused his friends misery, and promised himself that he would avenge Ace. James questioned himself wondering if it was possible to find a specific person that had done this to his friend. He then got an idea. James then got the dart and made Ace sniff it so he could track the person who did this.

Ace got up and started running somewhere, James followed him and it took him to the same exact place where he got shot. James looked around for a sign, there was nothing to resemble the people who shot him left. As he went back he walked past his teacher’s house, and decided to go knock to check if he knew something about the people who had blasted their bullets towards Ace. When his teacher opened the door he was wearing a mask, James now got deja vu, and remembered that he saw someone who had a mask on when Ace got attacked. He quickly took off his mask and asked, “Greetings James,what brings you here?” James replied “I just came by and say hello Sir,” as he walked off. James took Ace home because he knew he couldn’t be left outside for now. He went to the forest for a walk and peered at his teacher. He stood there stunned, pinching himself to see if this was perhaps a nightmare, but it was reality. James saw his teacher holding a gun, the same that had shot his cuddly creature Ace.

His teacher came back but this time he was petting Ace, James checked to make sure he did not have a gun. James and his teacher talked and his teacher said, “I tried to kidnap him so I could sell to earn money. I wasn’t able to feed my family, it was the only choice I had.” This happened almost 20 years ago.The teacher passed away from cancer 10 years ago .Ace was killed by an unknown animal. James was sent to the war and came back with a Medal Of Honour.